Some Rough Comparisons:
- Cost of passing Initiatives Amendment ≈ ¾ Billion
- Cost of the IQA ≈ ¼ Billion/year
- Cost of Congress ≈ 6 Billion/year
- “Tobacco” Plutocratic propaganda to ignore smoking cause of cancer ≈ 300 Billion/year (Courtesy © Wikipedia)
- “Oil and Military Industrial” Plutocratic start of Iraq War absent weapons of mass destruction ≈ 900 Billion+ (Courtesy © Wikipedia)
- “Wall Street and Bank” Plutocratic deregulation allowing banks to gamble causing 2008 Crash ≈ 3,000 to 10,000 Billion (GAO) (HuffingtonPost)
- “Oil and Coal” Plutocratic propaganda delaying response to Global Warming ≈ 1,000+ Billion (Citigroup)